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My grandpa is giving me his old 4600, it's incredibly slow, however i was planning on upgrading it so my brother could play minecraft etc.

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I would like to upgrade the;

  • GPU (AGP)
  • RAM (DDR)
  • HDD
  • PSU (If needed)
  • Fans
  • OS (Windows 7 / Linux)

I want to spend as little as possible, however enough to play Minecraft at decent fps

Thanks

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My grandpa is giving me his old 4600, it's incredibly slow, however i was planning on upgrading it so my brother could play minecraft etc.

Specs

I would like to upgrade the;

  • GPU (AGP)
  • RAM (DDR)
  • HDD
  • PSU (If needed)
  • Fans
  • OS (Windows 7 / Linux)

I want to spend as little as possible, however enough to play Minecraft at decent fps

Thanks

GPU: http://www.ebay.com/itm/XFX-NVIDIA-GeForce-6600-GT-PV-T43A-NDF7-128-MB-GDDR3-SDRAM-AGP-Graphics-/310826323819?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item485eb14f6b

 

RAM: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1GB-PC3200-DDR-1-GB-PC-3200-DDR-400-MHz-184Pins-RAM-NEW-/260822147193?pt=US_Memory_RAM_&hash=item3cba362079

 

HDD: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Western-Digital-Caviar-120GB-IDE-Hard-Drive-WD1200BB-53CAA1-/321288735645?pt=US_Internal_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item4ace4d0b9d

 

PSU: http://www.ebay.com/itm/300W-Hipro-HP-P3017F3-LF-SeaSonic-SS-250FS-300-Watt-Replacement-Power-Supply-/330841232345?pt=PCA_UPS&hash=item4d07ac93d9

 

You can find fans and put linux on it as minecraft has mac linux and windows lanchers.

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Will the PSU work ok with the case as it is pre built

Will it get good FPS ?

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Will the PSU work ok with the case as it is pre built

Will it get good FPS ?

Apparently you can put a standard psu into a dell dimension 4600.

 

The 6600gt was a powerhouse back in its day. It should play Minecraft no problem on fast graphics settings. 

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Apparently you can put a standard psu into a dell dimension 4600.

 

The 6600gt was a powerhouse back in its day. It should play Minecraft no problem on fast graphics settings. 

Would the standard PSU from the 4600 work on the 6600gt ?

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Its only 250w. It would be stressed by the 6600gt. You'd be better off buying a new PSU.

Would the 300w be enough ?

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Put the specs into http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine and put 20% capacitor aging and 100% load. 

I got 350w

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Recommended or minimum?

Recommended, minimum was 300w

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I don't know if the 6600GT will work on that machine

 

I have a Dimension 4600 and I tried a BFG 6600GT AGP and it didn't post with it in there. Probably go with a different card.

 

If you play minecraft on it, prepare for the studders. A 6600GT may be able to keep up with minecraft, but the CPU will bottleneck the whole process. Also go for 4gb of ram, Minecraft can be a hog sometimes.

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Recommended, minimum was 300w

Then you are good. If you wanted to go with a http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400W-Seasonic-SS-400ET-82-Eff-80-PLUS-Bronze-80mm-Quiet-Fan-ATX-v2-3-PSU-/121216391577?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item1c390f5999 you could.

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I don't know if the 6600GT will work on that machine

 

I have a Dimension 4600 and I tried a BFG 6600GT AGP and it didn't post with it in there. Probably go with a different card.

IT must of been you computer as someone else says it worked fine with a new psu.

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Will these work ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4GB-PC3200-PC2-3200-DDR2-400MHZ-ECC-Reg-2X2GB-SERVER-RAM-/121246289291?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRAM_JN&hash=item1c3ad78d8b

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Winpower-350W-power-supply-psu-standard-VV-350-20-pin-dw1-/251336926584?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item3a84d92578

Not sure about the PSU, i don't want to pay as much as the seasonic one, but this one only has a 20 pin i think, does the 4600 have 20pin or 24pin

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Ram is ddr2 and you said you needed ddr1. also that ram is ECC. server grade stuff. Can't be used on most consumer grade components.

psu is a low quality POS according to google.

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Ram is ddr2 and you said you needed ddr1

psu is a low quality POS according to google.

Oh yeah, didn't notice

Could you find me 4gb ddr in the UK please

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I tried 2 different PSUs with the thing. I'd still go with a different card just to be safe.

Could you advise a good card ?

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How many ram slots do you have?  Every other report shows that a 6600gt is fine in a 4600.

4 i believe, i don't actually have it with me just now

Do you know if it's a 20pin or 24pin motherboard ?

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4 i believe, i don't actually have it with me just now

Do you know if it's a 20pin or 24pin motherboard ?

 

20 pin

 

I currently have 1gb of ram and a Radeon 9600 SE in my computer. I wouldn't recommend that for minecraft lol

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20 pin

ok, thanks

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4 i believe, i don't actually have it with me just now

Do you know if it's a 20pin or 24pin motherboard ?

Doesn't matter. psus that have a 24pin have a break-off type thing for the extra 4pin, and 20pin fits in 24pin. 

 

RAM: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x-1GB-4GB-kit-DDR-Desktop-Memory-400-Mhz-PC3200-184-pin-Random-Brands-/281232556665?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRAM_JN&hash=item417ac44279

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Doesn't matter. psus that have a 24pin have a break-off type thing for the extra 4pin, and 20pin fits in 24pin. 

 

RAM: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x-1GB-4GB-kit-DDR-Desktop-Memory-400-Mhz-PC3200-184-pin-Random-Brands-/281232556665?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRAM_JN&hash=item417ac44279

I know, i was just wondering 

The RAM is a bit expensive for the amount i am wanting to pay

Could you find a HDD that will work with around 500gb ?

Thanks for helping so much

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